Box Hill, Dorking

Name: Box Hill
Address: Dorking, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Dorking

Nature, Natural attraction, Top attraction, Hill

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Box Hill is a summit of the North Downs in Surrey, approximately 31 km south-west of London. The hill gets its name from the ancient box woodland found on the steepest west-facing chalk slopes overlooking the River Mole. The western part of the hill is owned and managed by the National Trust, whilst the village of Box Hill lies on higher ground to the east. The highest point is Betchworth Clump at 224 m above OD, although the Salomons Memorial overlooking the town of Dorking is the most popular viewpoint. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 735 ftProminence: 161 ftCoordinates: 51°15'18"N, 0°18'31"W

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Dorking United Kingdom

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Day trips

Box Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Denbies Wine Estate, Pixham, Betchworth Castle, Dorking Cricket Club Ground.

1.1 miSW
Winery, Wine tours
Denbies Wine Estate, Dorking
29 min walk • Denbies Wine Estate, near Dorking, Surrey, has the largest vineyard in England, with 265 acres under vines, representing more than 10 per cent of the plantings in the whole of the United Kingdom. It has a visitors' centre that attracts around 300,000 visits a year.
1.1 miSW
Area
Pixham, Dorking
28 min walk • Pixham is a chapelry within the parish of Dorking, Surrey on the near side of the confluence of the River Mole and the Pipp Brook to its town, Dorking, which is centred 1 km southwest.
1.3 miSE
Forts and castles
Betchworth Castle
34 min walk • Betchworth Castle is a mostly crumbled ruin of a fortified medieval stone house with some tall, two-storey corners strengthened in the 18th century, in the north of the semi-rural parish of Brockham.
1.1 miSW
Sport venue, Sport
Dorking Cricket Club Ground, Dorking
28 min walk • Dorking Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Dorking, Surrey. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1993, when the ground hosted a single Women's One Day International in the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup between Ireland women and West Indies women.